Failed pizza shop robbery getaway driver gets jail

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THE man who was the getaway driver for a failed armed robbery at a Toowoomba pizza shop will remain behind bars until August.

Adam Sydney Dutton, 44, was sentenced for his role in the robbery where two men - one who was armed with a knife - stormed into Malla & Sons Pizza and Pasta Shop in Newtown in December 2012 and demanded money.

In Dutton's sentencing at Brisbane District Court on Tuesday, Judge Richard Jones said the shop's owner refused to hand over money and called for help from his son, who was also in the shop.

The men then fled the scene and jumped into Dutton's car, which was parked at the back of the store with the motor running.

But in their haste to get away, Dutton ran a red traffic light and hit another vehicle.

"Thankfully no one in that vehicle was injured although there was significant property damage to both your vehicle and to the other vehicle," Justice Jones said.